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The Fanlore celebration trivia contest has now closed and we have winners! They are:

fuurou for Post 1
sungabraverday for Post 2
kylara for Post 3

Congratulations to them and thank you to everyone who took part. We hope you had a good time hunting through Fanlore entries. If you've come across entries you'd like to expand or new ones you'd like to start, take a look at Fanlore's tutorial if you're new to editing there.

Fanlore appears to have passed its 25,000 entry on June 18 with the Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/Emily Prentiss article created by PhoenixFalls.

Many thanks to all the fans, gardeners, editors, and Wiki Committee staffers who have developed Fanlore over the years, and who have given the rest of us this great resource to enjoy and check. We look forward to celebrating more milestones in the future!

For anyone wanting the answers you can see the list below:

TRIVIA POST #1

(1) What is the largest doujinshi convention in Japan? (It's also the largest convention for self-published works in the world.)

A: Comiket
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Doujinshi
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Comiket

(2) This phrase refers to the tendency for definitions of fannish terms and related fandoms to change slightly over time. (Half of the phrase is similar to a sweet car maneuver/the name of the third Fast & Furious movie)

A: Fannish Drift
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Fannish_drift

(3) What American university began collecting science fiction fanzines in 2004 - and now maintains a special collection?

A: University of Iowa
http://fanlore.org/wiki/University_of_Iowa_Fanzine_Archives

(4) This practice of acting out episodes of a series using small plastic dolls evolved to become a popular activity at conventions such as Redemption

A: Wobblevision
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Wobblevision

(5) Published in 1868, Chapter 10 of this novel gives an account of a 4-woman fanclub/zine devoted to Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.

A: Little Women
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Fanfic_in_%27Little_Women%27

(6) What's an original composition that was created for a World of Warcraft machinima?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft#Machinima
"There are, however, original fan-made compositions as well, which are used in Machinimas. Christmas Time in Dun Morogh by Pure Pwnage and ROFLMAO Productions features not only the stunning landscape of Dun Morogh, but also a nostalgic song about the carefree time as a beginner in the dwarven and gnome starter zone. Greyfoo's Exodar Disco transforms the spaceship Exodar into a 70ies disco, and Xcross - winner of the 2010 WoW Movie Contest: Rise to Power - lets Edwin VanCleef sing Welcome to the Deadmines, to name just three.[15]"

(7) Where did the word Hetalia come from?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Hetalia:_Axis_Powers
"Hetalia is a made-up word, composed of hetare (へタレ meaning useless) and Itaria/Italia (イタリア meaning Italy). The series pokes fun at North Italy's apparent cowardice during WWII. "

(8) What is a connection between Batman and Le Fantôme de l'Opéra?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Phantom_of_the_Opera
"Some other fandoms have published crossovers with Phantom of the Opera, for example Batman, in Batman: Masque (1997) by Mike Grell"

(9) What happened to the Bend it Like Beckham Fanfic Archive?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Bend_It_Like_Beckham
"The Bend it Like Beckham Fanfic Archive was hosted by GeoCities until its closure in 2009. The archive was last updated in December 2003 and primarily contained Jess/Joe and gen stories. Another Bend It Like Beckham archive, Number Seven, was active until 2004 or 2005.[1]"

(10) Which chronology entry on Fanlore involves the fannish history of a technology?

A: Entries needed to come from the Chronology category on Fanlore: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Category:Chronology

The following entries qualify:
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Telephones_and_Fandom
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Fandom_and_the_Internet

TRIVIA POST #2

(1) According to American sources, reporting on which event brought about the worldwide interest in cosplay?
A: 1984 Worldcon in Los Angeles
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Cosplay

(2) This phrase, most commonly used in RPGs when someone's annoyed the Dungeon Master to the point of mass-character murder, was also used literally by Douglas Adams in the final Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

A: Rocks Fall, Everybody Dies
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Rocks_Fall,_Everybody_Dies http://fanlore.org/wiki/Category:Gaming_%26_Role_Playing

(3) What does OBHWF stand for?

A: One Big Happy Weasley Family
http://fanlore.org/wiki/OBHWF

(4) What are the four top-level categories on Fanlore?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Fanlore:Categories
Category:Fan Activities
Category:Fan Communities
Category:People
Category:Perspectives on Fans

(5) Who views 1D fandom as a 'return of popslash'?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Popslash
"The contributors to the Slash Report on boyband One Direction"

(6) Which show did writer Aaron Sorkin observe while researching his upcoming series about cable news?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Countdown_with_Keith_Olbermann
"Countdown with Keith Olbermann"

(7) What is Pesterchum Radio?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Homestuck
"Pesterchum Radio is a podcast about MSPA made by several fans. Its first season ran from February to October 2011 and had 26 episodes."

(8) Included in the Anthropological History of YouTube, this metavid by Lim, released in 2007, was a controversial look at fandom as a whole.

A: Us
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Us_%28multifandom_vid%29

(9) Started in 1992, this is a multi-fandom convention held in Germany.

A: Fedcon
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Fedcon

(10) This slightly tongue in cheek meta essay written by seperis has a long name and discusses being a fan in the early 2000s and the impact that technology, including Google had on the fannish experience.

A: The good old days before google were dark and involved horses
http://fanlore.org/wiki/The_good_old_days_before_google_were_dark_and_involved_horses

TRIVIA POST #3

(1) What was an important work of legal analysis involving fanworks published in 2004?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Legal_Analysis
"Simone Murray, “Celebrating the Story the Way It Is”: Cultural Studies, Corporate Media, and the Contested Utility of Fandom, 18 Continuum: J. Media & Cult. Studies 7 (2004) "

(2) What two fandoms have knitting directions you can find linked on Fanlore?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Fannish_Knitting
Doctor Who and Due South

(3) Which countries did the winners of the World Cosplay Summit come from in 2008?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/World_Cosplay_Summit
Brazil, China and Japan

(4) Katekyo Hitman Reborn uses what practice for character names?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Katekyo_Hitman_Reborn
It has become common practice in the KHR fandom to replace certain character names with numbers.

(5) Who was the fansub group that was important in the Chilean otaku scene?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Illion
"Illion was a fansub group that translated anime into Spanish during the VHS/early digisub era. They were a key part of the Chilean otaku scene for nearly a decade, not only fansubbing but also hosting showings, parties, and other events.[1]"

(6) This word can be an exclamation or a trope that refers to a form of hurt/comfort fic that is heavy on the hurt

A: Whump(ing)
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Whump

(7) Why is the Blanket Permission page important?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Blanket_Permission_to_Podfic
"Blanket Permission to Podfic is a way for fanfic authors to let podficcers know that they allow anyone to create podfics based on their writing."

(8) Restrictions on adult/explicit material enforced at the Sci-Fi convention Shore Leave brought about this convention, the first created specifically as a slash con

A: IDICon
http://fanlore.org/wiki/IDICon
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Shore_Leave_%28US_convention%29

(9) What is a tag used for the Barista AU trope on AO3?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Barista_AU
http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Alternate%20Universe%20-%20Coffee%20Shop

(10) How did the Pink Rabbit Consortium begin?

A: http://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Pink_Rabbit_Consortium
"The Pink Rabbit Consortium is a multifandom archive for fanfiction depicting romantic relationships between women. It started out as a mostly Xena archive"

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